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Putting the Tomato Theory to the Test

Could there be a correlation between wine and tomatoes?
Posted: May 7, 2010 2:26pm ET

In Northern California, people swear they know what the grape crop would be like based on how easy or difficult their tomato season goes. It's a flimsy theory, but you hear it all the time in wine country. And I'm coming out of gardening retirement to put it to the test.

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